| Acronym | Meaning |
| CNC | Computer Numerical Control |
| BSAF | Biota-to-sediment Accumulation Factor |
| SGOT | Serum Glutamic-oxaloacetic Transaminase |
| LTPS | Low Temperature Polysilicon |
| LAMES | Laser Micro Emission Spectroscopy |
| ELO | Edge Localized Orbital |
| CIBS | Corrections To An Incomplete Basis Set (a Perturbation Theory) |
| NLS | Nonlinear Schroedinger Equation |
| SDF | Spin(-unrestricted) Density Functional |
| GIAO | Gage-including Atomic Orbital |